Han d- stamp



(No Model.)

H. 0. REIOH & 0. I. VAN DYKE.

HAND STAMP.

Pateilted Apr. 26, 1898.

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lhvrrnn rates HENRY O. REIOI'I AND COLIN I. VAN DYKE, OF LA'ITIMER MINES, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAN D-STAM P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,957, dated April 26, 1898.

Application filed July 20, 1897. Serial No. 645,283. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY O. REIOH and COLIN I. VAN DYKE, citizens of the United States, residing at Lattimer Mines, in the county of Lnzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Hand-Stamp, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hand-stamps, its object being to provide a simple and efficient device of this character designed for simultaneously printing spaced parallel rows of indicating characters with a dividingdine between the rows.

The invention also contemplates certain improvements in the construction of the device whereby the printing-bands may be easily removed or placed in position.

With these objects in view the invention consists of the several details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter-fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hand-stani p made in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line a, a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line b b of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an edge view of one of the printing-bands detached. Fig. 5 is a view of one of the bridgepieces detached, showing also one of the loose collars supported thereon.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the several figures.

The casing consists of two spaced plates 1, connected at their upper ends by a hood or cap 2, to which a handle 3 is secured in any suitable manner. 4 indicates shafts extending across the space between the plates 1, in which latter their ends are firmly secured. On each shaft a series of drums 5 are mounted to revolve, and each drum is provided at one side with a flange 6,which projects slightly beyond the edges of the plates 1 and is preferably milled, as indicated at 7, to afford a ready means for turning the drums on their shafts. \Vhen the unflanged ends of adjacent drums oppose each other, a disk 8 will preferably be loosely mounted on the shaft between them, the object of these disks being to separate adjacent hands to prevent one from frictionally engaging the other.

9 indicates recesses formed in the lower ends of the plates 1, and 10 are bridge-pieces to fit loosely in the said recesses. Each brid gepiece is provided with a shoulder 11 at each end to engage the inner faces of the plates 1 to prevent longitudinal movement of the bridge-pieces.

12 indicates rubber bands, which are provided with printing characters 13 on one face, and these bands are supported by the drums 5 and the bridge-pieces 10, and when the drums are rotated by means of the milled flanges 6 the bands will move with them, and anydesired printing character can be moved opposite the bridge-piece, and the latter will form a rigid supporting-bed for the printingstrip during the operation of the printing.

1% indicates loose collars on each of the bridge-pieces 10, and the object of these collars is to keep the printing-bands out of frictional contact with each other, so that when one of the bands is moved it will not movethe adjacent band.

The printing-bands are formed of strips of rubber, and these strips are formed into bands by connecting their ends together by a piece of textile material l5, which is secured to the ends of the strip by cement. The object of making the printing-bands in this manner and of having the bridge-pieces 10 removable is to facilitate the mounting and removal of the printing-bands when necessary. The elas ticity of the printing-bands will normally hold the bridge-piece in position; but the bands can be stretched sufficiently to permit the bridge-piece to be removed from the recesses 9, when it can be disengaged from the print.- in g-bands and the latter can be removed from the drums by disconnecting one of their ends from the textile connecting-piece 15. In order to place a band imposition, one end is passed around the drum, and the ends of the band are then connected, after which the bridge-piece is inserted in the band and then seated in the recesses 9. hen the bridgepiece is removed, ample space is afforded to enable the bands to be passed around the drums, and the operation ot removing the bands from or placing them in position on the drums is therefore greatly facilitated.

16 indicates a bar rigidly secured to the lovver ends of the plates 1 and extending across between them midway between the 1 bridge-pieces, and on this bar a narrow strip of rubber is secured in such manner that it Will print a dividing-line between the characters printed by the two series of rubber bands.

A rubber stamp made in accordance With our invention will be particularly useful to simultaneously print the cost and selling prices of merchandise; but We do not intend to limit our invention to such use. It is obvious that as many drums as may be found necessary can be mounted side by side on the respective shafts, and that the printing characters on the rubber bands may be of anysuitable design.

lVhile we have illustrated and described our printing-stamp as adapted to print two parallel rows of indicating characters With a dividing-line between the rows, it is obvious that the casing can be enlarged and that a third series of printing-bands can be mounted therein in order to print three parallel rows of indicating characters, and in such event an additional dividing-bar would also be provided.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, What we claim is- In a hand-stamp, the combination with a casing formed of connected spaced plates, of a series of shafts secured in the plates, a series of drums mounted on each shaft to turn independently thereon, a series of bridge-pieces removably seated between the plates and having means to engage the plates to prevent longitudinal movement of the bridge-pieces, and a series of elastic printing-bands mounted on the drums and bridge pieces, said bridgepieces being held in their seats by the elasticity of the printing-bands, and each band being formed from a strip having its ends detachably connected together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY O. REICH. COLIN I. VAN DYKE.

Witnesses:

A. S. EVERT, JOHN M. KNOX. 

